Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

The Brandon Trust paid suppliers in 26 days on average — within its stated 7–30 day terms

CRN 02365487 · Health & social care · 5 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2021

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Sept 2021 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

26daysavg time to pay · H2 2021

Their H2 2021 filing put the average 19 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 30-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 7–30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 24% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 5%
Reporting period: 1 Apr 2021 – 30 Sept 2021
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 22 Oct 2021

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H2 2021 filing

Paid within their stated range — 26 against 7–30 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 26d

0 days40 days

reported avg 26 days their filed terms 7–30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 87% 31–60 days 8% 61+ days 5%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #50641, period 1 Apr 2021 – 30 Sept 2021, filed 22 Oct 2021 · gov.uk payment-practices service

The Brandon Trust paid within its stated range, 19 days past the shortest term. 24% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 5% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2021 filing.

The pattern · last 5 of 5 reports

18 → 26 days — slower across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 5 of 5 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

8 days slower across the window. From 18 days in H2 2019 to 26 in the H2 2021 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

The Brandon Trust's H2 2021 filing put their average at 26 days against stated terms of 7–30 days; 24% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 5% took 61 days or longer. Filed 22 Oct 2021.

The direction is slower: from 18 days in H2 2019 to 26 now — 8 days slower across their last 5 reports.

That is 5 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2019) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We use a combination of 7 day payment terms with most of our suppliers who are agency and 30 days with the rest

Dispute resolution

This would depend on the issue/type of supplier. For example if an agency invoice is incorrect then the department who booked the shifts would resolve directly with the supplier. In most other cases our purchase ledger team would resolve directly with the supplier with the help of the budget holder/department who have sourced the service/goods. On rare/difficult occasions this would be escalated to management

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2021	26	24%	5%	22 Oct 2021
H1 2021	21	25%	1%	22 Apr 2021
H2 2020	19	23%	2%	14 Oct 2020
H1 2020	17	31%	1%	11 May 2020
H2 2019	18	55%	2%	10 Oct 2019

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated: 28 Mar 1989
Registered office: DRAYCOTT HOUSE GREAT PARK ROAD, BRISTOL, BS32 4QH

7 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 26-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 26-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £10,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 26-day cycle — about £7,500 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 lets a supplier charge statutory interest and fixed compensation on invoices paid past agreed terms. Work out what a late invoice is worth → Whether it applies depends on your contract — check with an adviser.

Quick answers · The Brandon Trust

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 8 days slower over the window (18 → 26 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 26; across their last 5 reports it ranged 17–26 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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What is a Payment Practices Report?

UK companies and LLPs above a size threshold — broadly, two of: turnover over £54m, balance sheet over £27m, or more than 250 employees — must report twice a year, under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017, how quickly they actually pay suppliers: the average time to pay, the share of invoices paid in 30 days or fewer, 31 to 60 days and 61 days or longer, and their standard payment terms. Those thresholds apply to financial years beginning on or after 6 April 2025; for earlier financial years they were £36m and £18m, with the same 250-employee test.

What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?

The share of invoices paid later than the terms in the supplier contract. If terms are 30 days and an invoice is paid on day 45, it counts as paid outside terms, regardless of the headline average.

How often is this data updated?

Each report covers a six-month period and must be filed within 30 days of that period ending, so a company's record refreshes roughly twice a year. PaidLate re-reads the register as new reports are filed.

Is this official government data?

The underlying payment figures come from the company's own statutory filings on the gov.uk payment-practices service; company-status data comes from Companies House. PaidLate calculates trends, comparisons and summaries from those records. It does not use surveys or credit-agency scores.

How this is compiled. Built from official records only: Companies House and the gov.uk payment-practices service. The payment figures are self-reported — companies over the size threshold must file them by law and the board signs them off. No credit-agency data. The numbers are theirs; the plain-English read is ours. This is information compiled from public records under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — not a credit rating and not advice.

The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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